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S.
Doug Dorst
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Description for S.
Hardback. A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 185 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1070.
One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace and desire A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown. THE BOOK: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V. M. Straka, in which a man with no past ... Read more
One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace and desire A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown. THE BOOK: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V. M. Straka, in which a man with no past ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
472
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857864772
SKU
V9780857864772
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-94
About Doug Dorst
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker J.J. Abrams has produced, directed, or written films and television shows including Fringe, Lost, Alias, Felicity, Star Trek, Cloverfield, Super 8, Mission: Impossible, and more. Doug Dorst teaches writing at Texas State University-San Marcos. He is author of the PEN/Hemingway-nominated novel Alive in Necropolis and the collection The Surf Guru. His work has ... Read more
Reviews for S.
Filled with secrets and stories that are endlessly beguiling and inviting
Wired
S. is at the heart of Abrams' aesthetic vision ... Not only do we get a novel, Ship of Theseus, purportedly by a VM Straka - about a man shanghaied onto a mysterious boat with a demonic crew - the ... Read more
Wired
S. is at the heart of Abrams' aesthetic vision ... Not only do we get a novel, Ship of Theseus, purportedly by a VM Straka - about a man shanghaied onto a mysterious boat with a demonic crew - the ... Read more